WELLESLEY, MASS., OCTOBER I, 1942 ew Staff of War Chemistry Dr. Lin Yutang Keynote Service Fund Lecture Topic Speaker For Institute Officers and Members of Miss Seikel When the noted author-philo opher, Lin Yutang speaks to Chosen. for this Year night at the Welle ley In titute on the Far East, he will open a Demonstrating· chemical agents four day all college conference on Oriental Life and culture. At Final election has been made of used in war, Miss Margaret Seikel 8 p.m. in lumnae Hall, Dr. Lin will discu on "Ea t and West." officer and committee members of the Chemistry Department will Lanting Thur day, Friday, aturday, and unday from who will work together in the Ser lecture before the Sigma Xi So 0 tober 1-4, the Institute repre ent the combined effort of eight vice Fund Dl'ive and through the ciety at its open fall meeting Tues ~college departments and the year. The officers for the year in day, October 6, at 7:30 p.m., in major tudent organizations. clude: Head Faculty Advisor, Miss Room 105 Pendleton. Miss Seikel Legenda Although ome of the lectures Charlotte GoodfeHow; Senior has taken a special course recently are being given for the particu- on the various poison gases and Chairman, Ann Campbell '43; Agents Named lar benefit of ce1~tain specific methods of handling them. Junior Chairman, El ie Pavitt '44; Carol Steiner '43, Head of Le college clai:: e , the whole stud nt Head Canvasser, Cornelia Jones In her lecture she will discuss genda's Circulation Staff, assisted body will be welcome at all of '43; Secretary, Betty Freyhof '44. particularly the detection of the by Janet Warren '43, has announc the meeting .. various g·ases. She plans to illus ed the names of the following stu Dean Ella Keats Whiting Serving on the World Service trate her points by several experi Dr. ueorge Cressey dents who will be in charge of will in~roduce Dr. Lin. Committee are the following: ments and demonstrations. Any Institute Speaker securing Legenda subscriptions in Chairman, Jean Colburn '43; Facul-· Conference Program one interested is invited to come, their various dormitories. Friday, October 2, Dr. George ty Advisor, Miss Mary Austin; although science majors in partic Class of '46: Crofton, Pat Ed M mbers: Sally Ashmun '43, Cressey, Chairman of the Depart~ ular are urged to attend. A.R.P. Members g·erton; Dower, Laurel utl r; ment of Geology and Geography Loui e Marvin '44, Laura Lu Eliot, Ruth Flint; Elms, Mary Bauer '45, Patsy Brown '46. To Hear Lectures at Syracuse University, will peak In the next six weeks four A.R.P. Alice Barrows; Homestead, Made on "The Geographic and Economic A sisting Elizabeth Lindh '44, Literary Influence of lectures are to be given for new line Kelly; Little, Barbara Daw Foundations of China" in Pendle Chairman of the Community Ser German Philosophy Is members of the Colleg·e community son; Noanett, Caroline Lamme; ton Hall at 10:40 a.m. He will vice Committee, and Faculty Ad Subject of Dr. Frank and building aides and messengers Norumbega, Jacquie Whitehouse; be introduced by Miss Margaret visor Miss Helen Kaan, are Doro who did not attend a similar series W,ashington, Elizabeth Thomson; Parker of the Department of thy Waforidge '43, Grace Robson Following a German Depart offered last year. Washington Annex, Beverly Hook Geology and Geography. '43, Mary ,. ....,,.ze '44, Nancy J. Day ment dinner in Tower Court, Dr. The program is as foll•ows: er; Webb, Dorothy Wolens. Prior to his appointment at '44, Elizab"t!lh Chalmers '45, Betty El'ich Frank, guest of honor, will Wednesday October 7, 4:40, Beebe, Ann Loizeaux '43; Caze Syracuse, Dr. Cressey aught for AJ>polonio '45, Ro alie Bacon '46, di cuss the topic Schopenhauer und Pendleton Ha 11 - "Demo!-ition nove, Eleanor Waller '43; Pomer a number of years at the Univer oy, Eleanor Robinson '43; Davis, and Patricia Smith '46. 'ietzsche im Lichte der Dichtimg Bombs and Fire Fighting" by Miss sity of Shanghai in China. He is Eleanor Shaw '43; Stone, Mary a.t 8 p. m. in Shakespeare House Gladys McCosh. a graduate of Denison Univer ity Koch '43; Severance, GeorganQ.e Joan Haldimand '44 is Chairman Wednesday, October 7. Wednesday, October 14, 4:40, and hold a doctorate in geology Miller '43; Tower East, Hannah of the Education Committee. Miss Pendleton Hall -..,.. "I n c e n d i a r y from the University of Chicago, Now a Research Associate in Goldberg '43; Tower West, Ruth Elizabeth Jones is the Senior Fac Bombs and Fire Fighting" by Miss and another in geography from Philosophy at Harvard University, Sawyer '44; Claflin, Elizabeth ulty Advisor and Mi s Ruth Hough Harriet Creighton. Clark Univer ity. Research g1·ants Professor Frank formerly taught Phillips '43; Shafer, Ella Viall '44; ton is the Junior Faculty Advisor. Wednesday, October 21, 4:40, have been awarded him from the at the University of Heidelberg Munger, Co1·nelia Jones '43; Non Committee members are Jane Pendleton Hall-"Our A.R.P. Or Institute of Pacific Relations, the and at the University of Marberg residents, Margaret de le Vin '43. Jones '43, Betty Ann Wilson '43, ganization'' by Mr. Lawrence Social Science Research Couneil, in Germany. In his publications, The price of Legenda, as usual, Jananne Morse '44, Jane Tuttle Smith. and the Carnegie Corporation. U eber Problenie der systematischen is four dollars. Anyone de iring '44, Elaine White '45, Betty Larson Wednesday, November 1, 4:40, In 1924 he served as consultant Philosophie and aus dem Gebiet to sign up for a copy may pay one '46 and Marian Miller '46. Pendleton Hal!L-"Camoufl.age" by to the government of China and der Geschichte der Philosophie, he dollar down to one of the above Miss Agnes Abbot. in 1937, to the Soviet Union.' The Assisting Elsie Pavitt '44, Chair has concerned himself especially representatives, and the re t later. Wellesley does not expect to be author of China's Geographical of the Puhl'icity Committee, are with uniting the h i toric with the camouflaged, Mr. Lawrence Smith, I abella Byrne '44, Eleanor. Kojas Foundations, and of numerous philo ophic approach. Head Warden, explained in regard Dances Held For geological and geographical ar- sar '45 Patricia Lauber '45, Helen to the fourth lecture, but Miss Toward the beginning of the Naval Supply Men tides, Dr. Cressey is a Fellow of Livingston '44, Ruth Fitch '44, Abbott, instructor in the Art de nineteenth century Schopenhauer Pomeroy started off the series the Geographical Society -of Am Nancy Forsythe '46, Clara Jean partment, took summer Course u ·hered in a new period in the a of dances for service men with an erica and of the Association of Pe1·kins '46. in camouflage, and tbe lecture will history of philosophy with his shift informal dance and entertainment American Geographers. ( be for general interest rather than Grace Morey '45 and Martha Saturday, September 26. This is Dr. Chih Meng, Director of the in emphasis from the rational to p1·acticality. Grace Ellis '45 are in charge of the being followed by a tea-dance at China Institute in America and 5ubconscious irrational forces alive The wardens would also like to Sunday morning collections. in man and the world. He became Tower Court Saturday, October 3, the author ,of China Speaks: will caH attention to the lecture ''In from 4 to 6 p.m. and an informal discuss "The War and American the founder of a new realistic con troduction to War Gases" by Miss dance at Cazenave that same night ~hinese Relations" at 4 :40 p.m. D r. Janney Will Lecture cept of man, a concept later taken Margaret Seikel, October 6, at at for the Naval Supply school and in Pendleton Hall, Preceding his up by Nietzsche. In his talk Dr. 7 :30, in 105 Pendleton. All A.R.P. T o Senior s on Marriage forty girls. lect~re, Mr. Edward E. Curtis, Frank will discuss this new phili members are welcome. Dr. James Janney, of Boston, sophic trend and its broad influ Mrs. E. A. Anderson, fo charge Chairman of t he Institute will of the Wellesley branch of the introduce Dr. Meng. ' Mass., will speak on "The Biologi ence on the work of Goethe, Hol Oberlin Chemist U.S.O., arranged for officers of the } orum Dinner ca1 Aspects of Marriage" Monday, derlin, Klei t and other great Ger training schools in and around Forum's first Fall Dinner Fri- October 5, at 4 :40 in Pendleton man writ~rs. His lecture, which Expects Victory Boston to come i<> Pomeroy last day eveni'l1g, October 2, wili fea Hall. This will be the second in wil 1 be in German, is open to the Through Science Saturday. The studei:its who at- ture Dr. Lawrence Rosinger, ex the series of Marriage Lectures public. Rel a ting Chemistry to the na tended the dance provided the en- pert on the Far Eastern Affairs for the serfar class, and the third tional emergency, Dr. Harry tertainment. Naomi Thompson '43 for the Foreign Policy Association time Dr. · tuleY has spoken for Senate Approves Holmes, Head of the Chemistry De sang, Dorothy Weaver '44 played .l!(ho was formerly attached to th~ the lecture series. Outdoor Smoking partment at Oberlin College, will the piano, and Barbara Blick '45 (C t. speak at 2 :40 p. m. in Pendleton danced. Mary Lambert '43 was in on inued on Page 4, Col. 4) Tickets To Barn Play Senate has voted to extend Hall Thursday, October 1. His topic charge of finances, Dorothy Wea Go On Sale Next Week smoking privfleges out of doors in will be National Survival Through ver '44 planned the decorations, Decision of Committee the quadrangle of Stone-Davis, Science. and Julie Burnet '45 provided re Barnswallow's fall performance, Tower Court (Severance and Claf Dr. Holmes, a graduate of freshments. Cancels Fa:U Formals !'he Barretts, is scheduled for the flin to use the same designated Westminster College, and John Joan Ma11ory '43. heads the com Despite the combined efforts of evening· of October 16th and 17th. area), Munger, and Beebe, Cave Hopkins, is President of the Ameri mittee of the Tower Court tea M1·s. Ewing, the All-College Dance Th'! sale of tickets starts Monday nove, Pomeroy, and Shafer. 'fhis can Chemical Society, for whose dance for officers of the Supply Committee, and Honey Walsh '43 October 5th at the Ticket Booth ruling is desig·ned to make these meeting he is now in Boston. The School. In charge of Cazenove's c_hairman of the committee, plan~ in Green Hall. Good seats may be areas more enjoyable for students auth.or of several Chemistry text record dance is Mary Rein heard t for Wellesley Fall Formals, origi purehased there from 8 :30-10 :30 during pleasant weather this fall. books, popular books and articles, '43. ·Those on her committee are n~ll y scheduled for Saturday a.m. every day during the first Each House President and Head Dr. Holmes' special interest is Eleanor Waller '43, Jean Stone '44, mg-ht, October 17, have been can celled. week of sale; from 8 :30 a.m. to of House will define the limits and colloid chemistry, vitamins, and Sally Russell '45, ,and Ann Rie 3 :30 p.m. daily during the week area for use. biochemical research. gelman '43. The decision fo no hasty one. of October 12th. The committee studied all its as pects and finally concluded that At the recommendation of transportation difficulties made it Honey Wash '43, Chairman of the Program for Institute impossible for dates coming from All-College Dance Committee, the Thm.~ sday, October 1-Lin Yutang, "East and West," 8:00 p.m., Alumnae Hall. Boston or elsewhere to get home Senate voted September 23 to can Friday, October 2-Dr. George Cressey, 'The Geo.graphic and Economic Foundations of after the dance. The last train cel plans for a dance following leave W ellesley at 10:18; the last the presentation of The Barretts. Chi;a," 10 :40 a.m., Pendleton Hall. bus, at 11 :26. Neither the railroad Lois Jund '43, Business Manager Friday, October 2-Dr. Chig Meng, "The War and American-Chinese Relations,'' 4:40 company nor the bus company can of Barnswallows, announces her p. m., Pendleton Hall. put on special cars to take care of committee for this year. The mem the extra passengers. Taxi facili bers from the cla s of '43 are Friday, October 2-Dr. Lawrence Rosinger, "European Imperialism in the Far East," ties are obviously inadequate. Georgianna Heywood, Geraldine Forum Dinner, 6:15 p.m., Tower Court. A suggestion was made that a McKinley, Jean Nelson, Constance tea dance Saturday afternoon Qua, 'Mary Terhune, and Ruth Saturday, October 3-Dr. Bangnee A. Liu, "Chinese Education," 8:40 a.m., 9:40 a.m., might so1ve the problem, but since Thomas. Those helping on the Pendleton Hall. the Harvard-Dartmouth football committee from the class of '44 Saturday, October 3-Mrs. G~ace Chu Shi hming, 'Recent Changes in the Social .Struc game will be played that day, that, are Honey Friedman, Shidey too, is impossible. However, the Harris, Virginia Pierce, and Mar tm·e of China," Luncheon, 1 :00 p.m., Claftin Hall. committee is hoping to have an all guerite Welch; from '45 are An Sunday, October 4-Henry Pitt Van Dusen, "Christianity in the Far East;" 11:00 a.m., college tea dance some time after nabel Danhof, Gloria Gallic, Kath Houghton Memorial Chapel. the football sea on is over. ryn (Bunny) Meyer, and Jane The committee regrets that Seddon; from '46, Marie Allen, Sunday October 4--Miss .Ku:ng Pu Shun g, ''The Effect of Wal' Upon Religion in plans for the dance have had to be Betsy Lyon, Florence Moynihan, China," 4 :00 p.m., Tower Court. cance1led, but there seems to me no and Ellen Wiggins. alternative. 'WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER I, I 942 STURDY STUFF One Candle Foreign Ports A. A. '44 Chee e. Good old chee e of current toasted With the candle' lit, Isandwich and souffle fame. Immutable, Singeing your hair, China You leave the chapel, by Barbara, Keating I odoriferous1 everpre"' ent. Plain a a mud fence Rain in the air, Res11rga.m, I shall rise again often, yet capable of soaring with the food Walking slowly. I that is the spirit that is China to I of the Gods. Su tenance for the Stoic; part of Guarding the flame, day. After five years of devasta: You pierce the night ...... O&N"rSU . /J..,t'iCAll-'l. IJ>\/~RT"8tMG ... the joie de vivre of the gourmet. tion and pillage the Chinese con Natiomd A6vertising Service. Inc. I With a wish coming true 1 tinue to fight for their lives, whil~ CoJUae P11/,n.h.n Ref>re~ As many kinds of \cheese ·as theJe are sizes If you guard the light, Your wish solely. .. ao MADle<>N AVE. NSW Yo-. N. Y • and ·' hape::;. Limburger the vigorous, the per civilian life carries on cou1·age- ous1, behind the lines. The way o~ -----·------si .... tent, cottaO'e chee e of the reducing diet, A few moments lasts Camembert the aristocrat, Brie tilton, Ched- In your room-the fire :i.fe that the Chinese knew before· WELLESLEY, MASS., OCT. t 1942 1 And sparks of hope; the war has given way to new in dar, Gorgunzola Swis Cheese from Ohio Am 1 1 The world's desil'e st itution ~, new customs, and new: Published weekly, S~pteu~oer tv June, except during One candle lowly. examinations and school vacation periods, by a board or e~ican Liederkrantz-and then there is the attitudes, and China is a much dif.. atudent" or Wellesley College_ Subscriptions. two dollars ferent place from what it was iu per annum in advan~e. Single copies. six cents e::1ch.. prolific Kraft family. All contribulion:s shout~ oe in the News office by 11 :00 Free Press the peaceful, pre-war days. .A. •.M.. 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ensues. Food of the age'-'. Hippocrate 1 Aris The Editors do not hold them fast breaking down the barriers Edltor-in-Obier ...... Jl,:;:ary Wolfenden ' "~ totle1 Cac ar all mention it in their cla sic selves responsible for statements which have for centuries excluded Ma.nag Ing Editor ...... •.•••••...... Beth Kulakofr-; ky '43 them from taking part in any New Editor ...... Henrietta Fr ed '43 works. A a storage food it wa ba.. ic for in this column. Make· UL) Editor ...•••.•• , , • • • • • • • . . . . Letty Reigner '43 Contribut·ions should be .in the public affairs. The Chinese man :Feature E1!itor ...... Renee Trilling '43 wandering tribes. At one time chee e even Literary Ertitor .•.. , .•••••••••••.. .. J. E. MacDonald '43 hands of the Editors by 11 a.m. has come to realize that women can Exchan~e Editor ...... Mary l\IcAleer '43 erved a a ba i for wealth. 011. Monday. Owing to space limi contribute to the defense of the Cot Editor ...... ,_,_ ..•••...... Ann Riegelman '43 Radio Editor ...... Ruth Latz_,r '43 tations, letters should be limited country, that they have brains., Campu E1litor ...... , ..•...... Jean Colburn '43 Protein 1 fat, calcium-in concentrated form. to 200 words. education, foresight, enterprise, Assi ·tunt Editors ...... Mary Elizabeth lvues '44 and courage. The women have Jean Werner '44 Long before concentrated foods were ubject J ean Stone '44, Joan Dawwns '44 Aiding Prisoners demon trated this. They have Lena Kiekbush '44 of scientific research. Desert1 sauce1 main di h, To the Wellesley College J ews: shown that they can endure the Reporter ...... Jeanne D a w11·n '44 Elizabeth i hols '4-1, Jessie Benson '44 dige tive aid, sea oning. Compliment of Recently I heard of an admir hardships of battle zones. Girls Margery Sohl '44, Jane Aufesser '45 I~alian paghetti; backbone of ham and chee e able plan for sending packages and have been trained and march off· Joyce Rubenstein '45, Eleanor G riesrner '45 letters to Allied prisoneJ.'S in Ger .As i taut Reporters ...... Ruth L'..lnger '4:1 on rye; palate-tickling in hors d'oeuvre . <:>very day to the front side by side Adelaide Anderson '44. Barbara Keating 'H many. This is done through the with the men. Seltna Levine '45, Peggy Anne Lewi '45 , Kathleen Lucas '44 But cheese bas it ~ one drawback. Too much International Red Cross Commit It is the women of China who .A.rt Crltfes . . .. Judith Rothschild '43, Elizabeth Chase '43 tee, which will confirm their safe carry on the work in the home and Drama Critics ...... J . E. MacDo!:lald '.{3 chee e at one time or cheese before bed equal · Mary Elisabeth J•)des '44 arrival at the intended destina who work the fields and help to lllu le Critic ...... Jane Guthrie '13 nightmares. Bo ton's own Fanny Farmer was tion. Since these men are apt to provide the necessities for the Cartoonists ... Dorris Forsbrey '43, Catherine Marx '44 be very hard hit by the coming Literary Crltle ...... Emily Web<;ler '4. 3 of the "ounce of prevention ' school where cheese soldier and who talrnn n active Pbotographo-r...... Betty Preston '44 wa concerned. She advocated "cooking chee e winter, I think it would be grand part in every gov rnmen organi :Business J\[anager . . ... '...... Emma Jane .r;{ralmuer 'fl if. some of the students and faculty zation. It is not unusual to see a .AdYertising Jnanager ...... Helen FJtt.inge1· '4 and adding a pinch of bicai·bonate of soda be Circulation Manager ...... Hope Imes '43 would "adopt" prisoners and send Chinese woman peac fully tilling Press J\fa'nager ...... ••••••••• • ••...... Jean Potter '4.3 f.ore eating." them food, clothing, games, and the soil during the day, and then Office (anager ..... , .••••••••.•...... Carol Steiner '43 Credit J\Innager ...... •••••.•...... Priscilla .'tow1ey '43 so on. Perhaps you would like to find her among a band of guer Pre s Representatives ...... Jane B hnke '43 Often before the war, chee e was relP.gated to to do it by pairs, groups, or hou es. rilla fighters that very night. lb Geraldine M cKinley '43 Assi ta11t Advertl lug Managers ...... Claire Abrams '44 the snack it-there's-nothing-el e-in-the-house- There a1·e few formalities, and is this kind of thing that has kept Barbara Kolan '44 cla s. Figures show that even in pre-war years the expense of the articles to be the Japs from exploiting what the 8hoppJng Erl itor ...... Priscilla Smith '45 sent is less than $1.50 per parcel. Bu iness Editor ...... Carol .Furm::tn '44 cheese con umption was up 50 percent. But Chinese call "the so-caUed 'oecu ll'ene Schiff '45 Joyce Joslin 'H, Ellin Naumberg '45 now bacon i out. Meat i "poken of in rever Moreover, postage jg free! I'm pied' areas." sure you would feel amply reward Education ent whi per . Chee e. :Qieticians cry for it. ed by the gratitude of the prison Education goes on in Cldtla to Chee e is the thing. -GET GOING ·ers, and the positive infl uence on day, even though the Japs hav~ their morale. made it a policy to destroy educa. The !Iinute Man Uncle Sam the dauntless wm all those who are interested tional and cultural institutions. So 1 1 in writing, in sending packages, many universities and chools have woman in white urge u from po ters to put 10;000. ,000 VOTERS or both, please gi:v-e me their been totally destroyed that it is our money into war saving bond and stamp . names. impossible to estimate the losses. Democracy may soon gain an important Barbara Tuttle, But education continues and uni- Radio announcer after putting in their plug Beebe H all. versities are moved hack into the victory on the home front. Congre ional ac- (Ed. note: This plan has been interior as fast as their city is for the spon or conclude with, "And remem tion on the Geyer-Pepper bill to aboli h the approved by the S.C.N.E.) bombed by the enemy. Educators., ber1 buy war savings bond and stamp !11 igns scholars, te chers, and students poll tax in Federal election a-ppears eminent. To the Wellesley College News: alike have joined in the movement, m tore~ ~dvi~e u to take our change in stamps. The pa sage of this bill, according to an e ti- When the harsh bell sounds at some sacrificing their 1ives for the Yet the thought of having hard cash in our 6 :45 there is usually no further protection of their schools, some mate by P.J.1J, would enfranchise 10,0001000 citi- hope of sleep. In fact there'$ just marching on foot for months be- hands i" much more attractive than the pros zens in eight southe1n state who are too poor no hope at all unless cotton has tore they reached their destinai pect of being left with a few scrap of mere to pay the poll tax. been supplied for the ears or the tions, and some building with their paper. But just how mere are these insignifi reputation of dead-to-the-world- own hands sheds for their studies, Says PJ.11: "The poll tax isn't small to the sleeper has bee~ tagged on the classrooms, labs, libraries, dormi cant-looking pink and green stamp ? They fortunate door. This rising bell tories, in which they work and live. 101000 1000 negroes and poor whites in Virginia, proYide the guns1 ships1 plunes, and tanks which seems to be an almost magical sig- Even the post offices and tele South Carolina, Georgia, 1\Ii sis. ippi, Tennes nal that calls up noise so madden- phones are still working, although dr.oYe the attackers from :l\lidway1 which make ee, Arkansas, Texas, and Alabama, where the ingly persistent, so blasted loud many of their branches have been it possible for our men to chalk up victories average per capita income is $307 a year and and inconsiderate that the poor destroyed. China has a pony ex in the Solomon Islands1 which back up the student whose great joy is a 10 :40 press to carry mail thr A hout the poll tax of one dollar repre ents day's forces in Australia. They proYide the oppor a a earn- class ca-n seldom enjoy her singu- country, supplementin~e regular ing ." lar privilege. Be kind, early ri ers ! air and land mail routes. tunity to e._cape inflation and to secure an in Every door that bangs, every loud New Life Movement come when it will be most needed. Enough of Although the poll tax1 levied as a prere sleepy voice i·aised in song, every The New Life Movement, begun them mean ultimate victory for the Allied Na qui::;ite to voting, has not been the only method stamp down the hall brings misery in 1934 to bring practical and spiri to a tired friend. Remember! you tual aid to the people of China, has tions. of disfranchi ement, it has been an important may be the one trying to stay become an essential part of China So much has been said on thi subject that one. It has bad the effect of denying the asleep next year. at war. Its workers travel the ballot to negroes and to white share croppers, 1946. length and breadth of China, W€ are in danger of taking it for grn.nted with bringing education, religion, medi out doing anything about it. Wellesley must laborer , mill hand...,1 and mountaineers. It has Slacks cine, and entertainment to the no fall behind the re t of the country. Movie al o given political bo ses and machines an To the Wellesley College News: people. It has taught the Chinese This is o-nly September, but the people how to govern themselves stars are doing their very succe.., ful part. ea..,y way to buy votes by paying the poll tax for large group . cold winds are a definite indication and how to meet the trials of a Bond dinners are given in many cities. Clubs of the coming weather. Before war-torn world. of all orts -are carrying out schemes to promote The recent passage o.f the Soldier's Vote winter sets in, and bare legs start The Chinese consider thetr to freeze, I should like to say a country in a period of reconstrue the sale of stamps and bonds. Bill with its amendment waiving the poll tax word on the subjeet of· slacks. -t.ion, seeing that out of this war There was a time when slaves worked des for men in the armed services was an optimi - Everywhere we go, we hear that wil1 come new and better people, tic ign to the advocates of the Geyer-Pepper slacks are_ frowned on by tbe that the institutions that they have perately to purchase their freedom. We are College Government and by cer establi hed and the old customs being urged to purchase ours. While we are bill. A petition to di..,charge the anti-poll tax tain members of the faculty. With left behind will make them a more not yet laves, it is better to buy our freedom measure froin a House committee, where it true democratic spirit they are modern, more farseeing, more able ~ nation. Until the time when they before losing it, than to wait until we must has long been buried, received the necessary not ve'tboten, but the general ef number of signatures last week. Advocates· of fed on students is as if they were. can live peacefully again, they are pay more dearly to regain it. Most of my friends conscientiously determined to show the world that the bill believe tkat it will soon be reported avoid wearing them to classes and they a1·e keeping alive the win to But in spite of Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Cor out of the enatorial Committee where it has around campus. Whenever ~e do survive that is voiced in the word rigedor, talingrad, and other examples of been under consideration for over a year. This wear them, we are aware of a resm·gam. heroic fighting on the part of our men and would remove· the last ba-r to Congressional ac slightly guilty feeling and a tend ovr allies we continue to buy our new fall ency to duck behind trees when we 1 tion. see college officials coming. I SOCIETY INVITA.T ION ek>thes, movie ticket , and hot fudge sundaes think that we would all be willing DINNERS as u ual, in tead of putting our allowances into NO W ls T he T ime! to refrain from wearing slacks dur 6 :30 P. M. Thursday w·a;r materials. In the main the reason for ing warm or moderate weather, 1 BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS but I do not see why we should OCTOBER ·& ibis negligence i inertia. We need to be more not be allowed to wear them with SOCI ETY INITIATIONS · directly per uaded to buy war stamp and bonds. Drive Starts October 5 the approval of the powers that 7 :30 P. M. Saturday For One W eek OCTOBER 10 ~~s get goingl · ~ > . , •• N" , . ~ •• .,, • r ~ ' · · t . .. ,~ "' .."" .. • • ~· ~ .-.- ~ ..: - ...... • • ... 1• ~ - J ' .. WELI.. ESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER I, 1942
Educator Discusses Accelerated Prog~m SILHOUETTES (by Associated Collegiate Press) While the question of accelera * Nancy Dobson, Chair m an of House Presidents' Council THI PEUGIINA11RG PRFSS tion ceased to be an open issue for the men's colleges soon after by Pa,t Griesenier Pearl Harbor, it is still debatable for women's education, in the Inte1-vjew Nancy Dobson Sunday · • And thex was, of cour:::;e the • One of our delicate students opinion of Roswell G. Ham, presi- morning wh ile she's ushering in faculty member who didn't ~how was with a male escort on the dent of Mount Holyoke Col!-ege. Chapel-th e n ight before the Gen- ,up fo1· dinner last Wednesday. At shores of Lake Waban, watching An immediate and obvious com- e1·al-or catch her at a meeting of about 6: 30, when the frustrated other delicate students exerci ing 'tnent, he feels, would be that since the Hou e Presidents-or in the hostess wa comforting hel'self the shells on the lake, when afore women of college age a1·e not con- "Rise of the Novel Class"-or, a :With a meal anyway, the t ephone said gentleman cried out, "Good cerned with the draft, there should few years from now, doing person rang. It was th faculty member Lord! They oughta dralt them, not be no necessity for them to ad- nel work-then, she may look apologizing profusely for not ar~ us!" vance the year of their gradua- solemn enough to be de cribed as tion. "an jmpressive C. G. Adminis- riving, and explaining that he was e Terminology is sometimes in WoTcestel', as he'd :fallen asleep confu ing-for instance one Sopho "But,'' . he continues, "that an- ti·ator." But she probably won't. on the train, and gone right more was sm·e that the Great Rift swer takes fo1· granted certain Foi· she's t he one who inspired throug·h Wellesley. was a fight between one of the premises which may not be alto- that poet with t he immortal phrase, • One ophomore, who had just gether sound; first, that this is " unny disposition." And don't Kings of Israel and his wife. returned from an Alliance Fran Upon arriving in the class a man's war; and, second, that col- wait till after Wellesley, when she's caise meeting, was gr ted b.y her e leg·e women should .continue in doing war work, for the serious room the time after she had given roommate asking, "Well, how was her class a cut, and finding that the leisurely p1·ocess of liberal ed- execut?ve. Those who've known it?" "Oh, it was horribie,'' she ucation, against the day when the Dobbie for four years have decided half her students were not there, replied bitterly. "They all spoke world will need their philosophy that the miHion dollar mile is one W e11esley professor remarked, French!' and ai't. there to stay. "Well, I guess it is a case of One Towe:r Court freshman "Such a view would assume that When she heard she was going e reciprocity!" !tumbled into the dining r oom the men's way of acceleration is to be interviewed, Dobbie said, Next to Lit. (her major), Dobbie e We still wonder about a at breakfast, wandered up to an only concerned with the attain- that since she'd gained 20 lbs. likes fashion designing (this ex chance remark we heard one day empty chair and said to the others ment of skills a·nd sciences to win fre hman year, she would never do plains her large :family of paper last week as two student::> were at the table, "Is this taken?" Re the war, and that for the dura- for a Silhouette, "But I have a d_olls), black cocker spaniels, good discussing a theme read aloud ceiving no answer except blank tion they are dedicated to an illib- willowy soul," she insisted. hme scrap books (she's on her in their Comp. class. "I didn't Sl€epy stares, she blinked, took a era! and unbalanced scheme of ed- Dobbie's work with house presi third volume) and singing of the good look, and :fled-from the think it was so very good," one ucation. Of this danger both the dents is an ideal job for a future informal, shower kind. zaid to the other, "it sounded like faculty table ! men's and women's colleges are personnel manager. This year her According to colleagues, she's e The perennial pr blem of something from True Story or well awal'e, but the latter are program includes "shifting the too effervescent to get any work teaching the freshmen geography Wuthering Heights." equally aware by this time that emphasis from making grey book done-"Well, occasionaHy." Dob popped up again when a member of total war takes no account of i·ules to making them understood." bie's managed to accomplish quite '46 fr m ib West asked an upper "Making a Life" Is Topic sexes. It also involves contacting students a bit in four years, though. She was classman the oth r day, "How far Of Candlelight Vespers "The second aro-ument that , _ to find out their Teactions to Col 0 vice-president of her freshman north of.Jot;; is New Hav n ?" By Miss Seal Thompson men constitute a i·eser;e aga~~t lege Gov~:·i:ment, and coordinating class, President of Sophomore - - ~ the :future, is more tenable. . . house po;1c1es. class, Vill Junior and C. G. Junior "It is possible for the pirit of "We are posed with two prob------Placement Office man to become the candle of the Vice-p1·esident last year. Rusty Makes Pfans For world," Miss Seal Thompson, Pro lems: one, whether the program Tin Cans Sought Clark, her roommate since fresh fessor Emeritus of Biblical His of acceleration is worth while for For SCNE Salvage man year, and Dobbie both live in Munger now, "Where," says Dob Test For ypists tory at ,,-ellesley, declared at C. the. women's colleges during the Working bard for national de bie, "I do a magnificent job of Student· who plan to do paid A.'s annual Candlelight Vespers, period of the war, and another, fense, SCNE has begun a Salvage whether it may not be a permanent sweeping stairs." Also add to the typing jobs during the academic Sunday, September 27. Campaign to collect empty tin cans and justifiable outgrowth of the list of things she'll be celebrated year or to use their typing skill Every one is faced at some time :from dormltory kitc11ens. Part of present emergency. For the :first for, Dobbie's success in getting the in securing wjnter vacation jobs with the question of whether to the Central Committee for War "\Vell" opened on Suwlays (a se ·should i·egister at the Placement make a living or to make a life. I have very little to add to the Relief, the Salvage committee will argument. c1·et yearning for ice-cream lies Office (if they have not already Although making a living is basic collect tin cans now, and later " Leaving aside the argument back of it) and a gallant, if losing 'done so this fall) and si n up to to life itself, "it is a meagre and bottle tops and tinfoil, to turn fight against choker-collars. take the test which is being given relatively unimportant part of that acceleration carries witH it a over to the government. 'the whole train of headaches for the They're much too dignified for during the week of October 5. life.'' empty tin cans, washed and the administrator, we may examine Dobbie! Typing job will be assigned The technique for making a life labels removed, are flattened by for a moment the chances of its only to typists who have passed cannot be reduced to a fol"mula, student volunteers for most of the Latin and Greek continuance after the wal'. The this test thereby demonstrating Miss Thompson said, but there are dormitories. The maids at Shafer arguments against compressing a (ACP)-Breaking a tradition of tbeir abi1ity to type accurately three eternal fhndamental steps and the janitor at Munger want four-year college into three years t~ 138 years, the University of Vel' and with reasonable speed. which we would do well to con prepare the ca:ns for collection have to do with the maturity of mont no longer requires Greek and Thi test will not be given to sider. The first ·step for us is to themselves, a they consider it college students and with the Latin for its A.B. degree. The those girls who passed it last year, assemble the facts about life, their patriotic duty to help the change is one facet in a movement standards of their education. but those who did not pass may try which a1·e .found for the most part war effol't. Three volunteers each that is liberalizing arts and again. in the Gospels. Secondly we mu t "As to the matter of maturity, there is certainly a point of dimin afternoon will work one afternoon sciences curricula in this century Since the test is being given a have a pattern of life, a set of a week. Large can openers are and-a-half-old ew England insti 1'imited numbe1· of times it is ideals which we may keep con ishing returns, but it would hardly seem to be determined by a three provided in the kitchens for re tution. necessary to sign up at once at the stantly before us. And thirdly 've moving the tops and bottoms of At the £me time Fordham uni !>lacement Office. must live out the items of our as opposed to four-year course. If only it we1·e a matter of a spe the cans so they can be more easily versity is intensifying its pl'ograms ideal pattern. flattened. in Latin and Greek. Students Paint and Sew To have a i·eally free ·pirit, cified amount of knowledge to bE Mi s Thompson said, we must ex accumulated, doubtless we could At First C.A. Work Camp change a quantitativ standard of pack the four years into two. 'fwelve W 11 sley student tum life for a qualitative one. Not "These a1·guments concern both ed out for :first Work Camp Sep only must we be aware -of God, men and women. The men's col tember 26, at the Cambridge Com but we must form a Christian leges are committed .for the dur a munity c ~nter, a negro settlement friendship with Him. (Contim We've packed our trunks and we're on our way! What are we bringing? Racks and racks of the kind of beaucifoJ, du1iful cloches you'll wear chis year, next year and many a year thereafcer! WE'LL BE AT WEU.ESLEY DISPLAY SH OP,. THURSDAY & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st and 2nd. ·. :t'' qoihq to c.od Billions 1o .! . de •1Mtthf J•p! : : - ~ &t.t.WAR ~HOS ~frAM f'S ! . RUSSEKS • FIFTH AVENUE AT 36th STREET, NEW YORK. WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER I, 1942 English Comp Faculty Pacific Ocean ls Only a Puddle to Lin Yutang Once A. A. l\fOTES Tennis Tournament Awarded Recognition With one exception, all seeded Miss Elizabeth Manwaring, Pro Girls from Kore,a, Peking, Shanghai fessor of English Composition, was Student Radical players in the fiTst round of the by Joan Dawkins refuse to use electrical equipment elected a member of the supervis tennis tournament came through In June 1940 most of the· class and insist on the martyrdom of a ing committee of the English In by Joyce Rubenstein successfully. Lois Ladd '44, Car sf '44 were taking college boards wood stove. A "boy" and his wife stitute at its annual meeting this If you pictlll'e Lin Yutang as the olyn Spaulding '44, Dot Swearin in prep schools from Maine to were hired by Mr. and Mrs. Kerr month. The organization com long-bearded sage from the East, gen '45, Ruth Strang '45, and Glo California, but Janet Hayes was when they went out to Korea prises a group of English profes his publicity policy ha had its de ria Levy '45, eeded 1, 3, 4, 7, and f' laving over hers in the Chinese twenty nine years ago. The wife sors who meet each year at Colum sfred effects. Dr. Lin is not camera 8 respectively, were the winnel's. American School in P eking. With was only twelve years old, and her bia to present papel'S and discuss shy, but he avoids having his pic Patsy Norfleet '45, unseeded, two years of W elle ley behind her, new mistress gave her toys for significant developments in their ture published because he doesn't caused the lone upset when she Christmas, but now the boy and field. she sat on the Pendleton teps last want to spoil his readers' illusion defeated Adele Roth '44-, seeded 12, week re1 ~ nisc:ing about her "little his wife have expanded to a family Mr. Charles Kerby-Miller, As of him. If you have read any by a score of 4-6, 6-2, Judy Atter prairie flower"' days in China. of ·nine, who live with two spaniels sistant Professor of English Com of his recent articles appealing for bury '46, 2, Martha Elliott '43, 5, "Two thirds of the class we1'e and three cows at the bottom oi position, will lecture at Boston aid to China, you are more likely Helene deLone '45, 6, Jeanne Ham Chinese, and we Americans had a the hill. University's School of Education. to picture him in his role of a mond '43, 9, and Phyllis Foxall hard time keeping up with them. Foreigners 1ike the K ns are He will deal with the Teaching of loyal Chinese patriot. '44, received byes but will go into They not only shone in cla se there the only ones who live in brick Even from his early childhood action in the next round. Frances Exposition in Relation to Various Subject-Fields. · but went home and did five extra houses. The native's homes are days, when he peddled sweet Roche '44, 10, WOT\ by a default. houl's of Chinese le ons after thatched cottages, w ith heating meats, sold bamboo-shoots, and sold Other winners in the first round The most pars, biruies, and ea school ! But there wa n't any feel systems wh ich warm only the rice at the prisons, Lin Yutang has wer e: Helen Bemis '46, Rebecca gles contest will be run on the ing of prejudice . . . other than our floors. ''Korea is a million miles h a d an ardent interest in the Calechman '45. Sue Carreau '46, same basis. They will alJ be a envy of t heir b1·ains. People were away as far as atmosphere and Chinese masse . Margot Coffii-i '46, Nancy Cun running account of the number of peop1e, rather than foreigner and scenery g o," Dorothy said, "But A "1·adical" Professor of Eng ningham '46, Chl'istine Curtis '45, each type made during the season. non-foreig ners. t he real closeness is through con li h at Peking National University Margaret Falconer '43, Nancy No handicap is required, but scores "Lots of them took scholarships tact with the peop-le. The student s from 1923 to 1926, he did not con Hanson '46, Emily Hobart '46, must be attested. Tournament to big American universities, but at Ewah College, for in tance, hke fine his activities to radical think Marion Kerr '45, Mildred Kramer scores may count f i· this and full I remember one boy who turned the same symphonies we do, read ing. Instead, he took an active '43, Anne Loeb '44, Oden McKay, rounds must be played. down a four-year Harvard scholar the same books, and p1ay the ame part in student demonstrations, '46, Marian Miller '46, Marilyn Winners of al1 events will be ~hip to go to the Chinese college, games. They used to beat the fighting with bricks and poles. Peterson '46, Becky Pfouts '45, announced at fall Field Day. Tsingwha, instead. He · would Americans at ba ketball." Today When his name was put on the Eleanor Sanburn '43, Betty Vad ---0- have loved to co.me to America but Ewah College, the Kerr's home, and blackli. t, he had to spend months in ner '45, Joan ·welker '45. 0uting Club he thought staying in China would all Ko1·ea are in the hands of the hiding. After the revolution, he The second round must be fin The Outing Club schedule ha make him more useful. And then Japanese, "but we all hope to go became a secretary in the Minis ished by tomorrow, October 2. been changed ~onsiderably, and the there was the delicate Chinese girl back the first chance we get. The try of Foreign Affair · in the new Golf following is the new schedule: who later went to the University missionaries especially hated to Wuhan Government. A handicap tournament, ringer Oct. 4- Breakfast cook out at of Yenching to major in Chemis leave, and will always love Korea · But after four months as secre contest, "most holes contest," the fireplace. try. She n ever weighed more than for its people and their ways." tary, he became convinced that he "most pars contest,'' and birdie 11- Mountain trip to Monad a hundred pounds, but when the Both Janet Hayes and Dorothy was not a politician, and, as he and eagle "mosts" contests have · nock. students at Yenching and Tsing Kerr left the Far East only in puts it, he "graduated into an begun for golfing enthusiasts. 17-18-0vernight cabin trip. wha trekked 2100 mounta inous time to be Wellesley fre ·hmen. author." Everyone is familiar with Monday, September 26, was · the 23-Barn Dance with M.I.T. miles to the safety of the interior, Alice Sze '45, howeve1 fo1· 1 a. bo1·n his books, among which the most opening date for these events, . 31-LO.C.A. day. there she was ... with her books in the Chinese Embassy .a Wash famous are My Country and My which will end about November 2. Nov. 7-Cook out and bike trip; and her bedding on h er back." ington, D. C., and attended Friendst People, Importance of Living, The handicap tournament is di 8-Trail ride with M.LT. China seemed less and 1ess re School thel'e until her pal'ents re Moment in P eking, and With Love vided into two classes according to 13- Bam dance with M.I.T. mote as Janet went on talking turned to Shanghai in 1936. Alice and Irony. skill. Golfers of the same class 14-Hayride with Harvard about her friends. "Until the war was 1iving in the French conces Although he left politics, Lin will play once a week. Handicaps and M.LT. began, home eemed a world away sion when the Japanese attacked Yutang remains an ardent patriot. will be deducted from actual scores Overnight tl'ips sponsored by 0. from the United States,'' she aid, Shanghai, but was forced to move After living in Chunking during to determine winners. Class A wiH C. will not be considered as over "but now that so many people to a hotel soon after the fighting t he severe Japanese raids in Au play nine hole games and class B, night permissions for Freshmen. here are thinking so much about be an. gust, 1940, he remains a staunch seven, leaving out No. 3 and No. 4. The breakfast cook at the .fire the people out there, China doesn't "There was little anti-ail'craft," believer in the ultimate triumph of Best scores on individual holes place on Sunday morning, October seem so far away as it did. In the she said, "and no practicing. The democracy, because it is human. throug·hout the season will be the 4th, is open to the college-get up last year the Pacific Ocean has raids were just accepted lik a After the worst raid Chunking basis for judging the ringer con and get out. shrunk to the size of Lake \Vaban." thunderstorm. I remember the ever had, he admitted that he was test. F\111 rounds must be played ---0- The newly-near Far East usual Japanese bombed a factory a.cross impressed by the efficiency as well with scores recorded, but no handi Modern D a nce A pprentice tryouts for the ly makes one t hink of flower ar the river one day, but before t he as the brutality of th e Japanese cap is required. Tournament scores Dance Group will take place Octo rangements, rice, and kimonos. It smoke had settled some of our men Air Force. But when he emerged may count for this too. were chopping up the debris to ber 12 with practice 0 tober 7. is hard to imagine swinging from his shelter and saw a man 'l'he most holes contest will The -Dance Group will give a i·e lanterns blacked out, and the make cement." setting up his ~.tall to sell his w ares please those who are true golfing cital November 13. tapping of clogs fo the streets In Decembe1' 1940 the Szes cam e in t he midst of the destruction, he addict s, in spite of discouraging giving way to t h'J clatter of mili back to W ashington. Alice pent knew th at China jg strong . His scores. All holes played during tary boots. most of t he spr ing teaching t he comment on his return to America t he season will count , including Need to H elp Student " I u sed t o study in a clo et be boy how to make toll house cookies was, "If the Japanese can dish it partial rounds. No h andicap is War Victims Str essed fore we got black-out curtain ,'' so that he could keep her supplied out, we can take it." needed. said Dorothy Kerr '43, who w I '; at college. By Mr. Robert Mackie also born in the Far East. It was Living in the East and the West" "The Federation has always a revelation to hear the descrip has let these girls experience what been a world movement free from tion of her ten-room American is theoretical to most of u . Per class and racial distinctions,'' Mr. brick house set on a hill overlook sonality, and not race or creed, is Robert Mackie, General Secretary ing Seoul, Korea. Although they the only thing which marks one in of the World's Student Christian sleep on American beds cooled by dividual from another. All three Federation, declared at the first General Electric fans, the details girls agreed that the more lake C. A. Tea Friday, September 24. of the household -make it distinctly like the Pacific becomes, the more Often it has been difficult to keep Korean. The servants, for example, alive the Federation which is com we will realize this. posed of Christian tudents from all nations. A special effort has GOOO FOOD his lecture a t 9 :40 a .m o that been made to hold meetings at the DURGIN PARK additional students may w~r him. point of tension. During the last near Faneuil Hall A Wellesley alumna .r Y class ten years the Pacific Area, of of_ , 19.24, Mrs. Chu hihming, "''hich the United States is a part, ~111 discuss the "Recent Changes has been at the point of ten ·ion lnstitute- m the Social Structure of because of the Sino-Japanese War. (Continued frotn Page 1) China" at a luncheon Saturday at In spite of the conflict, the Chi American Council of the Institute 1:00 p.m. in Claflin Hall. Miss nese and Japane e delegates who of Pacific Relations. Mary Treudley of the Sociology have attended the Pacific ·Area Mary Hays Gilmol'e '43, Presi Department will introduce Mi's. confe1·ences have become quite dent of Forum, will introduce Dr. Chu who was engaged in relief friendly and the Sino-Japanese Rosinger. The topic of his p eech, work from 1939 to 1941 as an as day of prayer has been continued. which will follow the dinner to sistant to Madame Chiang Kai In ans·wer to the question "What be held at 6 :15 in Tower Court, is shek. She has taught in Nanking can we do to help?" Mr. Mackie "European Imperialism in the Far and has been president of the Nan said that for the Christians in East" A limited supply of tickets king and the Hanchow Y.W.C.A. Japan, where it is very hard to for the dinner is still obtainable Her husband is now military a t be a Christian today, there is noth at the ticket booth in Green Hall tache in Washington, ing active that we can do. Those today, Thursday, October 1. Those Tickets for the luncheon may whom we can h elp a1·e the students who are unable to obtain tickets be obtained from 8:30 to 12:30 in China who have been evacuated for the dinner, are u rged to at p.m., today, Octobe1· 1, at the ticket to the interior. Without books or tend the speech. booth in Green Hall, but tho e un equipment of any kind and with Saturday Speaker abl'e to obtain tickets are invited out sufficient food they are strug "Chinese Education" will be the to come after the luncheon to hear ling to continue their education. topic of Dr. Bangnee A. Liu, Sat Mrs. Chu. "The world i being reconstruct urday morning at 8 :40 in Pendle Program for Sund'ay ed now by arms,'' Mr. Mackie ton Hall. Dr. Liu, editor of the The religious aspects of the Far pointed out. Now is the time to China Institu te Bulletin, and Re East will be presented Sunday. help f ellow students in the Far search Associate of the China In Preaching on ''Christianity in the (it, ______East and China. The cooperation stitute in America, formerly. was Far East" at the morning service of the Far Eastern countries after President of the China T raining in the Houghton Memorial Chapel, the war depends to a large extent Institute near Nanking, China. He will be Henry Pitt· Van Du en of on the educated young people and U. S. Tremwy Depan,_,.r. specialized in School Administra the Union Theological Seminary, the spirit which we have shown tion and Research Methods in Ed New York City. towards them in their hour of dan ''Wait! On second thought you ought to make a good ucation at Columbia University, Sunday afternoon, Christian As ger. Contributions can be made New York, and is the author of sociation will present a National 0 son-in-lawl to t he World Student Service City School Research Bureaus in Secretary of the Student Y.W.C.A. Fund, 8 West 40th street, New the United States. in China, Miss Kung Pu Shung at York City. Dr. Liu has also served a Chair an informal discussion in the man of t he Chinese Students Tower Court living room at 4 :00 TYPING L eague of Greater New York and p.m . Miss Kung, who will be NEATLY - REASONABLY as President of t he Student Coun introduced by Louise Belch e1·, P r es cil of Internation al House, New ident of C.A., will sp eak on " The • Gene Childs • York. Effect of Wai· Upon Relig ion in Introdueed th e audience by 36 Appleby Road to China.'' A Yenching graduate, Mr. John Pilley of the Education Mis ~ Kung is studying in 't"elle~ley 1~6":"M this ' i I . .• " 1 1! countu. ______.\ - ~ " ()I• ; I ! ," 1 Depa, ~ment, Dr. L iu rwi]l repeat ""' "' .... • l (I *'-~ " 4 - • ... WELLESLEY COLLEGE EWS, OCTOBER I, 1942 5 • .. fCampu~ ({ritit Jack Whiting, Singing Star ofBeat The Band, Reveals Picasso Exhibit His Experiences in Army Shows, Tank Towns, Boston Movrng his dressing room out it, they like it." He also mentioned IN rfOWN Hits New High into the nanow hall during the that the :same crowd turns up time interview, Jack Whiting carried and again on opening night , even on a conversation and scrubbed if i~ is mainly because of a new OUNT ME TN the Charle But>.. In Excellence off layers of grease paint with an ermme wrap. I C . . , , . ease which most women can't at Beat the Band opened last Mon- I te1wo1th-Luella Gea1 musical Th Wellesley exhibit of Picas tain with undivided attention. Ac day at the Shubert Theatre; it has , extended through October .3. Wke so's paintings could bardly be any cording to Mr. Whiting, who three more week to go in Boston I underst~nd that so~e repan· w?r better. Just having the Three plays the lead in George Abbott's before the New York opening at has been ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table Talk Placement Office Lists House Libraries Help Build Home The current popularity of play Career Girls of 1942 hoes and loafer moccasins has h~ft News con tinue~ the list begun Atmosphere in Campus Dormitories its mark on the Wellesley campus, last week of la t year's Seniors especially around N orumbega Hill. and their jobs. by Mary Elizabeth Edes There are little paths in the grass Mary F1·ances Dunbar, Assistant If you have ever been up late at I b~en .created with an incom: o~ a~ on both sides of the stone path, Procedural Analy t, WPB, Wash night writing that paper that's in ox1mately $250 a year. Eac}\ evidence of the leather ·soled moc ington, D. C. year one upperclass house and one casin's inability to stick to the Sally Eaton, A sistant to Engineer, due at 8: 40 (~nd breathes there a freshman house draw lots of $50 stone when hurried college g·irls Pratt Whitney Aircraft Co., Hart college girl with sou1 so dead that each fr tn 1ncome on the N asli are rushing down hill after ford, Conn. she h~sn't?) you 1have i:robably had fund. This starts the lucky house~ cla ses. The old faithful saddle shoe Katherine Ebbert, Summer 1942, occas1on_ to be_ gratetul for. the off with a han::isome book collection would never cause anything like E.S.M.D.D. Coul'Se, Mt. Holyoke hou e_ library in :Your dormitory, as may be se'e'll In the libraries <>.! this. College, So. Hadley, Mass. the library that is always open. Norumbega, Crofton, Noanett, * * * Nuria Ehrlich, Summer 1942, i?-Ithough :ver~one knows that a Claflin and Severance, houses Studying · Spanish and F1·ench, l~brary ex1s~ m he.r house, there which have recently benefited from After a week of amateur sleuth Middlebury Spanish Schoo1, Mid are probably few g1r1s wh? know this mon y. Each year all the ing, we have located the owner of dlebury, Vermont. many. of _the fads con~ernmg the hou~es get a few new books, and that harp we were so curious orgamz.at1on_ and runnmg . of the tudent participate in choosin!J Hello, Everybody, about. It belongs to Emily Leach Edith Elbogen, Research Econo house hbranes, o.r .who realize th~t the e ho ks by checking a list o:( '44 who ha~ had it shipped from mist, National Bureau of Economic t?ey are an activity of the mam pos ibilities selected by ·Mrs. Florida, and plans to keep it in In case you haven't noticed, Fall Research, New York City. , hbrat·y. Cochran. Many local Wellesley her 1·oom in Severance during the Lenore Epstein, Economist, U. S. is here to stay with football games, Dean Ewh1g, sponsor of the Clubs located in variou~ parts oo; winter. She has been playing it, Department of Labor, Washington, cold weather, and lots more activi hou e libraries in the college, has the country have also made con she say , for about five years now, D. C. ties. So let's be off to the Vil to verhaps stated most clearly the aim tributi@ns to the house librari~ and her 1·oommate doesn't seem to Elizabeth F anck, Personnel-Fed look over the things we'll a~l be of the libraries. "All civi1ized 0f volumes given by club m ember~ have any particular objection to eral Civil Service, Federal Se needing now. people need books as companions in Another source of books· for the having the instrument move in with c.u.rity Agency, Wa ·hington, D. C. their homes," is Mrs. Ewing's be- house libraries is the main lib them. Jane Fay, Studying Medicine, lief; "In making homes for students rary. which passes on miscellane COME ON, APPLE PICKERS * * * Tufts College, Medford, Mass. in halls of residence, books should, ous o·ifts duplicating books a1read?, One morning last week an 8 :40 Margaret Fiddler, Navy Depart therefore, play a definite part." in the main library in sufficienti. For all you energetic gal ~ who Botany class, section 101-B to be ment, Washington, D. C. The libraries in each house are quantity. like to spend your Saturdays pick exact, was fortunate enough to Shirley Fielding, Training Squad, in the charge of house libr arians, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;=:=e ing apples, we've found ju t the catch .a glimpse of the blossoms on Filene's, Boston ,Mass. <>elected from the students in each dormitory. The books in these iih C'mon In the Nig-ht-blooming cereus that Frances Findley, Technician, Arm- THE FOOD'S FINE ' thing at HILL AND DALE. There raries are usually in a lighter vein will be no more freezing to death, had come out in the green-house strong Cork _Co., Lancaster, Pa. than those studied in the library in DURGIN PARK no more ruining your good clothes, during the night. After trooping Ada Mae Fmn (Mrs. Zachary _P. connection with the regular wol'k at the end of class throug·h the little and gobs more fun when you are Abuza), Graduate Work, PhysJcs 1 in mo t courses. However, each Oregon Alumni rows of seeds, growing in pots, dressed comfortably in jeans or Departmen.t, Wellesley C_oilege. house library contains a limited (ACP)-There's an alun:mus Oii past the green maze of tropical overall . And you should see the Eleanor.1'.'1sber, Productwn Meth- numb r of work with reference the University of Oregon of whoni plants, we were properly impress special cover-alls which resemble ods Trammg, Raytheon, Waltham, material for the verification of university officials aren't the leas$ a gara:;e mechanic' outfit with ed by the strange sight of the huge yellow and white blossoms droop Mass. dates, narnes, and classic literary bit proud. They call him "YoshH long slee ·es, long trousers, and Florence Freeman, Studying Law, allusions-limited, because the the Yokol of Yokohama." complete protection. For added ing downward. from their long University of Pennsylvania, Phila- nouse libraries are not intended to The university rolls show thail warmth HIM .t'.iND DALE offers snake-like stem , but we couldn't help remembering the day during delphia, Pa. take the place of the main library. Charles Hisao Yoshii was gradu- warm sweaceI·s and bdgbt plaid Mary Virginia Gardner, Bacterio- The hou e libraries are financed ated in 1934. He went to Japan shirts. fre hman year when a bright mem ber of the class of 19; 1 suggested logist, · Bio-Chemical Research from various funds. Since they shortly th reafter. Now this "Lord the Night-bl('){)ming cereus for Foundation, Newa1·k, Deleware. have no Tea'!. appropriation, they Hee Hee @if Japan'' is the English HA.VE A. RIDE class flower in a class meeting Elinor Goldberg, Summer 1942, are dependent upon various indivi- voice on the regular Japanese over- _ held for the purpose of choosing Secretarial Course, Hickox Secre- dual gifts of which there have been eas programs heard nightly on the You may be one of the people one. tarial School, Boston, Mass. many. La t year, for example, Pacific Coast. who just loves a nice brisk walk. * * * . Stone's house library had a large The University of Oregon alumni But we have our doubts if you Rosalie Goldstein, Studying Eng- gift from a private source, and in office hasn't forgotten that another would rather walk than ride in the Thi new paper is fi1led with ~ish Literature toward M.A., Yale I Mung·er an admirable 1'ibrary has al-umnus, Yosuko Matsuoka, form cold weather which we will be enough sugg·estions for the im University, New Haven, Conn. been established by Catherine H. er foreign minister of Japan, also having shortly. Just pick up the provement of Wellesley College, Louise Greff, Working in Analyti- Dwight '01 and Laura M. Dwight has caused the university consic>- phone, ask for W el. 1600, and a perhaps, but we hope that the cal Laboratory, Du P ont Co., Wyan- '06 as a memorial to their aunt. eTable emhar4·assment. In 19'37 the .: ride will be waiting for you in two Free Pres and those woo write dotte, Michigan. Through the generosity of Eliza- Portland unit of the Oregon Alum je1·ks of a lamb's tail. It's LE editorials will pardon us if we ven Murrayl Groh, Assistant Scientific beth Nash Cochran '29 and her ni cho_e him "the alumnus of the BLANC'S TAXI SERVICE, and I ture a small suggestion. Since we Aide in Physi(t ", Langley Field. father a fund for libraries has year." Macy Hall, Shop WMk, Alli~ -~-·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ do illean SERVICE. are having but one step-sin<>'ing per week this fall, and this a Chalmers Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, longer and more important event Wisconsin. than step-singing seemed be FAR EA.ST to AdeUne Hall, Statistician, Bureau when it occurred every Tuesday of Labor Statistics, Washington, With all the excitement about and Friday, we wonder if it might D. C. the Pacific area which the Far be possible to have it on a differ Charlotte Hanna, Studying Journa East Institute is arousing, you ent day of the week each time. lism, Columbia University, New can·t afford to ignore the geogra There mu t be · some girls among York City. phical aspect. And here is where the famous fifteen hundred who Lucy M. Harris, Apprentice Sea have full schedules on Tuesdays HATHAWAY HOUSE BOOK man, United States Naval Reserve and would enjoy step-singing n1:ore ,"'H 0 P makes it appearance. They (WAVES). if it didn't always mean rushing are showing the most swellegant Jean Havecotte, Secretarial Course, through something· else, or staying maps you ever hope to see. Repro Katharine Gibbs School, New York up perhaps a wee bit later on duced from mm·al made by Covar City. rubarias, they cover almost every Tuesday night. phase of life, particularly intere t * * * Suzanne Hayward, Trustee Schol ing and colorful are the ones de The cafeteria breakfast that the arship at Medical School in Vir picting the flora and fauna of the present help-shortage has started ginia. Americans and the Far East. The e seems to be gaining rapidly in Virginia Hegeman, Claims Under wonderful ad ' \ • I. College Notes Chinese Art and Culture Seminar Engaged Ann Dixon '43 to P t~r Benson, Wil Lures Professors Back to Classes liams '41, Harvanl Business School '43. Palricia v;.ryma n '4[) to L on::trd J. by Virginia Roberson Booth, Lowell Inslilule. Married Welle ley has one class in which continuous growing culture intact Mary Louise Snellenburg ex-'45 to Millet' Harris, Cornell '43. the professor makes a 260 mile trip today. Its long and slow develop each time to reach his students. ment is rich in custom and tradi tion. The Chines~ tend to live Alumnae Notes In Farnsworth Art Building mote in the past while we of the every Monday night Dr. George modern we tern world tend to live Engaged Rowley of Princeton reaches a for the future. Their aiicestor Betty Wishnick '42 to Ensign Stan seminar in Chinese art, in -which, worship and study of ancient wis ley M. Freedman, U.S.N.R., 1.I.T. '36. in addition to undergraduates, the dom is a contrast to our continual M.arried whole of the Art Department and Caryl Hadsell '41 to Ens ign .J ames search for the new and different. R clford J'Jnglish, U. .N.R. • several other members of the Chinese art is one of suggestion C hloe Lochridge '42 to J am s Mas faculty take part. It's quite novel sie. and simplification-they portray to see professors playing student what the mind sees and not what and taking notes industriously. the eye see . If a Chinese artist Campus Crier In his three hour class Dr. Row paints a lotus blossom, he does ley, Mary Whiton Calkins lectur not paint a particular one, but Lost: $11.04 in the Recreation B'uild ing profes or, transport his the idea of a lotus, He may ing Lounge. If found, please return lo Inez French, 5 'everance. students back thousands of years even grow them and learn all to early Chinese art and culture. their ways before· attempting to He tells of bronze vases from paint them. Calendar 2000 B.C., which are the most per A bit of Chinese symboli m has fectly cast the world has ever been used to explain the cause for 'l'hurs